Tom Sharky is demoted to vice after a bust goes terribly wrong. He and his team stumble across a mob murder tied to prostitution and government.
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Title: Sharky's Machine (1981)
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Tom Sharky is a narcotics cop in Atlanta who's demoted to vice after a botched bust. In the depths of this lowly division, while investigating a high-dollar prostitution ring, Sharky stumbles across a mob murder with government ties, and responds by assembling his downtrodden fellow investigators (Sharky's "machine") to find the leaders and bring them to justice before they kill off all his partners and witnesses, including Sharky himself. Written by Unknown
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If you mess with a cop like Sharky, you better be very tough . . . or very beautiful. See more »Parents Guide:
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18 December 1981 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Brigada Anti-Crime See more »Company Credits
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Sharky: Maybe he knows more about Zen than we do!
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Performed by Flora Purim
by Al Capps (as A. Capps), Bob Florence (as B. Florence), Dave Pell (as D. Pell) & Snuff Garrett (as S. Garrett)
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When Billy Score shoots his first victims his gun has a silencer mounted on the barrel. We still hear "boom, boom" anyway. One shot is even heard from a POV outside the apartment where the killings are occurring. See more »Quotes
Arch: Sharky, I hit his ass. He's got four bullets in him, and the fucker won't go down!Sharky: Maybe he knows more about Zen than we do!
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Dope BustPerformed by Flora Purim
by Al Capps (as A. Capps), Bob Florence (as B. Florence), Dave Pell (as D. Pell) & Snuff Garrett (as S. Garrett)
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